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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #84. Katie Aselton’s Black Rock

Pitched as a Deliverance with a female cast, we look forward in seeing Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell and helmer/actress Katie Aselton taking a turn for the worse in the woods. And oddly, it’s in the woods where scribe Mark Duplass recently gave one of his better perfs (Lynn Shelton’s indie trend setting secluded wood cabin locale in Your Sister’s Sister). Aselton’s debut The Freebie was flawed, but yet scored points for its honest portrayal of couplehood. Glad she switched genres for her sophomore pic. We hope this is uncomfortable as the mentioned 70’s film.

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#84. Black Rock

Director: Katie Aselton
Writer(s): Mark Duplass
Producers: Adele Romanski
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival…(more)

Cast: Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell and Katie Aselton

List Worthy Reasons…: Pitched as a Deliverance with a female cast, we look forward in seeing Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell and helmer/actress Katie Aselton taking a turn for the worse in the woods. And oddly, it’s in the woods where scribe Mark Duplass recently gave one of his better perfs (Lynn Shelton’s indie trend setting secluded wood cabin locale in Your Sister’s Sister). Aselton’s debut The Freebie was flawed, but yet scored points for its honest portrayal of couplehood. Glad she switched genres for her sophomore pic. We hope this is uncomfortable as the mentioned 70’s film.

Release Date/Status?: World premiere showcase in Sundance’s Park City at Midnight section should be followed by a pick-up and better box office than her debut film.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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